Yep. I agree that it is editorial - well done editorial folks!
Chaals
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Ian Jacobs wrote:
Hello,
At the AOL ftf meeting, Al and I got an action item for issue
370 [1] to propose new wording for checkpoint 7.6 to clarify
that we are not asking authors to mark up "important elements"
specially, and that which elements are important is part of
the format itself. Please consider the following proposal
(which I believe is editorial). Here is the relevant
excerpt from the 29 December draft [2]:
<OLD>
7.6 Allow the user to navigate efficiently to and among
important structural elements identified by the author.
Allow forward and backward sequential navigation to important
structural elements.
Note: This specification intentionally does not
identify the set of "important elements" that must be
navigable; refer to the Techniques document [UAAG10-TECHS]
for information about identifying important elements
</OLD>
For some previous discussion on identification of
"important elements", refer to this 28 August 2000 email
from Al [3]. In that email, Al expressed opposition to
relying on element type alone as the determining factor
for establishing an element as important. The following
checkpoint is simpler, but the Note more complete. It
draws on some of the points raised by Al in his email.
<NEW>
7.6 Allow the user to navigate efficiently to and among
important structural elements
Note: This specification intentionally does not
identify which "important elements" must be
navigable as this will vary according to markup
language. What constitutes "efficient navigation"
may depend on a number of factors as well, including
the "shape" of content (e.g., serial navigation
of long lists is not efficient) and desired granularity
(e.g., among tables, then among the cells of a given
table). Refer to the Techniques document [UAAG10-TECHS]
for information about identifying and navigating
important elements.
</NEW>
- Ian
[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2000/11/minutes-20001116#issue-370
[2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20001229/
[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000JulSep/0312.html
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